Java io ugly try-finally block

Question

Is there a not so ugly way of treat the close() exception to close both streams then:

    InputStream in = new FileInputStream(inputFileName);
          


        

Answer 1

In most cases the 'in' close() exception is irrelevant, so:

    try {
      copy(in, out);
    } finally {
    try {  in.close()  }  catch (Exception e) { /* perhaps log it */ }
    try {  out.close() }  catch (Exception e) {/* perhaps log it */ }
    } 

It's usually bad practice to swallow exceptions, but in this case I think it's ok.